Police arrest man in connection with stabbing death at Raleigh motel
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Raleigh police have arrested a 43-year-old man after an early-morning stabbing that killed a 52-year-old man at a New Bern Avenue motel.
Investigators arrested Ernest Dennis Brown late Friday afternoon.
The victim, Luis Miranda, was taken to WakeMed, where he died, police said.
Investigators have not disclosed a motive for the stabbing, or whether Brown and Miranda knew one another.
A copy of a 911 recording made public by the police department indicated what happened immediately after Miranda was stabbed.
A desk clerk at the Wake Inn phoned 911 just after 3 a.m. and told a dispatcher that a man covered in blood knocked on the window and said “call an ambulance” before walking away.
“There’s blood on the window,” the desk clerk, whose name was not made public, told the dispatcher. “It’s a lot of blood right here.”
The 911 caller asked the dispatcher to wait a second before returning to the phone and saying that the stabbing victim had showed up in the lobby of the motel.
“He’s got blood covered all over him,” the 911 caller said. “He just walked through my lobby.”
The 911 caller reported that the police arrived soon after Miranda walked out of the motel.
Investigators are urging anyone with information about the shooting to contact Raleigh Crime Stoppers at 919-834-HELP or online at www.raleighcrimestoppers.org.
This story was originally published January 4, 2019 at 9:38 AM.
